CSS Virginia: Rebuilt From the Burned Merrimack, Doomed by Its Own Draft
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In April 1861 Union forces abandoning the Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk burned the steam frigate ...
1 Nov 21min
Indian Appropriations Acts: The 1871 Budget Rider That Ended Treaty Making
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Indian Appropriations Acts were 19th century federal budget bills that reshaped the legal st...
1 Nov 12min
Bill Clinton's Impeachment: The Meaning of Is and a 50-50 Senate Split
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Bill Clinton's 1998 impeachment grew from two separate legal tracks. In 1994 Paula Jones sued hi...
1 Nov 25min
Benedict Arnold at Saratoga: The Nameless Boot Monument and a Stolen Horse
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!At Saratoga National Historical Park, the Boot Monument shows a single left boot on a cannon bar...
1 Nov 23min
Jackson's Bank War: Biddle's Revenge Recession and a Debt-Free 1835
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In January 1835 the United States paid off its national debt entirely, a result of Andrew Jackso...
1 Nov 23min
Andersonville Prison: The First Deadline, the Raiders and Atwater's Ledger
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Camp Sumter in Georgia, remembered as Andersonville, held roughly 45,000 Union prisoners in the ...
1 Nov 23min
Dust Bowl: Rain Follows the Plow, Black Sunday and 200 Million Trees
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The High Plains west of the 100th Meridian receive less than 20 inches of rain a year, and early...
1 Nov 24min
Plattsburgh 1814: Macdonough's Kedge Anchor Spin and a Hospital Cannon
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!After Napoleon abdicated in 1814, Britain freed thousands of veterans of the Peninsular War, and...
1 Nov 21min
